Manitober Blog: Sustainability, Parenting, Kid's Fashion, Politics

Not everything was bad

Not everything was bad

It’s not that uncommon that we overlook them in our hectic everyday life – the older people, who are always a little too slow for that short time w...

Brands, visions and prices

As beautiful as the vision of a comprehensively sustainable textile industry may be, at the end of the day it is embedded in a systems that makes m...

Aber hier leben, nein danke

Marcus lebt seit acht Jahren mit seiner Freundin und den zwei Kindern (knapp 3 und 6) in einer 3-Zimmer-Wohnung auf 87 qm in der Hamburger Neustadt...

There will be blood

There are quite a few myths about menstruation, but it's actually quite simple: women bleed from their vagina. They have been doing this for eterni...

Making room for voices that need to be heard

It's not our way of not illuminating a topic from our point of view. It's also not our way of not being able to illuminate problems in a personal m...

The best packaging is no packaging!

However beautiful the effects of Corona on the environment (air traffic, tourism, etc.), the situation with packaging is currently difficult. The o...

How pre-ordering improves small businesses and the fashion industry

Preorders save resources and help us to plan more efficient. We look closer at why exactly and why this has nothing but advantages! So let's take a...

Fashion Revolution Week 2020: Who made your clothes?

Of course, the answer is not that simple. Sure, a lot of people are involved in the production of your/our clothes, which we could not list in deta...

Alternative Ideen zum pflegen und reparieren von Textilien

Schon rund fünf Wochen verbringen wir weitaus mehr Zeit zu Hause als geplant, gehofft oder vermutet. Viele von uns haben sich nahezu gewöhnt an die...

Wie wir unsere Zeit verbringen

Es ist sicher nicht von der Hand zu weisen, dass viele von uns es nicht mehr gewohnt sind so viel Zeit zuhause zu verbringen, und das nicht aus fre...

Sharing is caring

At the Berlin Fashion Week earlier this year, I heard a panel discussion about the sharing economy. There were different people from different clot...

Cultural sustainability

Did I mention that I'm tired of hearing the word 'sustainability'?

Thanks for 2019!

When I said last year 2018 was a roller coaster ride, I obviously had no idea how this year would be! Starting in January at a very disappointing f...